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CULTURE & ARTS
It’s 2018, So Of Course Merriam-Webster Added ‘Dumpster Fire’ To Its Dictionary
By Elyse Wanshel
The noun, meaning “disaster,” is among 850 new words to emerge during Trump’s presidency.
NILES, IL - NOVEMBER 10: A Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is displayed in a bookstore November 10, 2003 in Niles, Illinois. McDonald's said it is not happy with the word 'McJob', which is defined as a dead-end job, in the new Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Also, the fast-food giant announced that global Systemwide sales for Brand McDonald's increased 17.8 percent in October compared to October 2002. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
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QUEER VOICES
Merriam-Webster Breaks Down Use Of Singular 'Their' In Quirky Limerick
By Curtis M. Wong
The term, the dictionary's editors note, is increasingly used by gender neutral people.
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ARTS & CULTURE
Merriam-Webster Tweets About 'Doggos,' Gets Flooded With 'Good Boys And Girls'
By Jenna Amatulli
Don't stop retrievin'.
People gather outside the U.S. Consulate General on Stolarska Street in Krakow this evening during the Womens March on Washington. On Saturday, 21 January 2017, in Krakow, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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HUFFPOST VIDEO
Merriam-Webster Reveals Word Of The Year
Merriam-Webster's 2017 word of the year had an overall 70 percent increase in its searches compared to the year before.
WASHINGTON, DC. - JAN. 21: Organizers put the Women's March on Washington in Washington D.C. on Saturday Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Damon Dahlen, Huffington Post) *** Local Caption ***
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ARTS & CULTURE
Merriam-Webster Expertly Sums Up 2017 With Its Word Of The Year
By Lee Moran
No, it's not "dotard" -- although Kim Jong Un's insult did make the top 10.
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 18: Rita Ora seen at BBC Radio One on September 18, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/GC Images)
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STYLE
Everyone Is Wearing Their Fanny Pack The Wrong Way Now
By Carly Ledbetter
So wrong, so trendy.
Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists encircle counter protestors at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., USA on August 11, 2017 (Photo by Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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ARTS & CULTURE
Merriam-Webster Isn't Trolling You, It's Just Redefining What That Means
By Claire Fallon
The language of 2017 is a depressing reminder of how bad things are.
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ARTS & CULTURE
Merriam-Webster Steps In After Trump Tells America To 'Heel'
By Carla Herreria
"Heal" can be a difficult word when you've been defending white supremacists all week.
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BLACK VOICES
Word Searches About Racism Spike After Charlottesville, Merriam-Webster Says
By David Moye
After the violence in Virginia and Trump's reactions to it, the dictionary said that top lookups this week included "fascism", "neo-Nazi" and "bigot."
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COMEDY
Anthony Scaramucci Prompts Search Of 'Scaramouch' And People Can't Handle The Definition
By Carla Herreria
Merriam-Webster said on Friday that lookups for scaramouch were up 8,185 percent.
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PARENTS
Learning From A Complex Communications Experiment In My Own Home
By University of Central Florida Forum, Contributor
The UCF Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented ...
By Carolyn Massiah UCF Forum columnist I am living in what I believe is the most complex communications experiment that could
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ENTERTAINMENT
Merriam-Webster Has Six Simple Words For Those Sexist 'Doctor Who' Fans
By Katherine Brooks
The internet's favorite dictionary steps in to silence sour sexists everywhere.
CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 04: Demonstrators protest for higher wages and better working conditions on the 49th anniversary of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. King, a clergyman and civil rights leader was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968 while in town supporting striking black city sanitation workers who had walked off their jobs to protest unequal wages and working conditions. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
Oxford Dictionary Officially Extends Its Definition Of 'Woke'
By Taryn Finley
In case you don't know what "stay woke" means by now.
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STYLE
Kendall Jenner Clearly Doesn't Know How To Wear A Fanny Pack
By Carly Ledbetter
And neither do Rihanna or A$AP Rocky.
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ARTS & CULTURE
2017 Is So Ridiculous, Real Words Can't Describe It Anymore
By Claire Fallon
It's all covfefe now.
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